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Hello everyone.. It's Pam here.. As we know our favourite band ONE DIRECTION IS BACK I'm so so so so Happy about their new album.. I mean..duh I just saw their new video perfect and literally i screamt because.. BABY THEY'RE PERFECT.
Troye Sivan Mellet ( born 5 June 1995), better known as Troye Sivan, is an Australian actor, singer, songwriter, and YouTuber. As an actor, he played young James Howlett in the X-Men film X-Men Origins: Wolverine(2009), and most recently has starred as the titular character in the Spud film trilogy. Sivan also regularly makes YouTube videos, and as of 26 September 2015, has over 3.6 million subscribers and over 203 million total views.[1]
On 15 August 2014, Sivan released his first major-label EP, entitled TRXYE, which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard200. The lead single from the EP, "Happy Little Pill", reached number 10 in the Australian charts. On 4 September 2015, Sivan released his second major-label EP, Wild.
His video, "The 'Boyfriend' Tag", with fellow vloggerTyler Oakleyearned them aTeen Choice Awardin the "Choice Web Collaboration" category. In October 2014,Timenamed Sivan as one of the "25 Most Influential Teens of 2014".
Troye Sivan
Sivan at the Australian premiere of Paper Towns, July 2015
I'm a big fan of Troye but i found it better to take the imformations from Wikipedia due to my feelings for him..
You're here to find about his life and all that stuff not that I'm in love him him(yeah,you know it now)
Personal life
Sivan was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. His family moved to Australia when he was two years old due to rising crime in that country.Sivan currently lives in Perth, Western Australia with his parents and three siblings Steele, Tyde and Sage. His father is a real estate agent and his mother is a homemaker. He isJewish (his father was born to a Jewish family and his mother converted to Judaism). Sivan attended Carmel School until 2009 when he started distance education. Troye's middle name is "Sivan" and he embraced it as his stage name.
On 7 August 2010, aged 15, Sivan revealed to his family that he is gay. On 7 August 2013, he revealed his sexual orientation publicly through a video on his YouTube channel.
On 5 June 2013, Sivan was signed to EMI Australia, a Universal Music Australia label, but kept it a secret until a year later. On 15 August 2014 he released a five-song EP entitled TRXYE, led by its first single "Happy Little Pill", which was released on 25 July 2014. TRXYE debuted at No. 1 on iTunes in over 55 countries.The album debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 the following week, scoring Sivan his first Top 10 album. "Happy Little Pill" peaked at number 10 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments exceeding 35,000 copies. Sivan released his second major-label EP, Wild, on 4 September 2015. Sivan will support the album with his 2015 tour, Troye Sivan Live.
Acting
In 2007, Sivan starred as Oliver Twist in a production of Oliver! at the Regal Theatre. In 2008, Sivan was cast in a West Australian short film, Betrand the Terrible. In February 2008, Sivan was cast as young James Howlett in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Sivan got the part after videos of his telethon performance were posted on YouTube, catching the attention of a Hollywood agent who contacted Sivan and asked him to send in an audition tape. Though Kodi Smit-McPhee was already cast for this role, he was unable to be a part of the film, due to his other film, The Road. In July 2009, he auditioned successfully for the lead role in Spud, a film adaptation of the 2005 novel by South African author John van de Ruit. Filming took place in South Africa from early March to mid-April 2010.[20][21] The film was released in South Africa on 3 December 2010 and was later nominated for six SAFTAs, including a Best Lead Actor in a Feature Film nomination for Sivan.
Sivan appeared in the West Australian season of Samuel Beckett's absurdist play Waiting for Godot which opened on 28 May 2010. Sivan shared the role of "Boy" with Craig Hyde-Smith, alternating nights. In June 2012, Sivan returned to South Africa to film Spud 2: The Madness Continues, which was released in South Africa on 21 June 2013. Sivan also starred in the third film in the series, Spud 3: Learning to Fly, released on 28 November 2014.
YouTube
In September 2012, Sivan began creating video blogs on the video sharing site YouTube, after strictly singing on the site since 2007. At the time of posting his first vlog, Sivan had accumulated 27,000 subscribers in his five years since joining YouTube on 1 October 2007. As of 31 August 2015, Sivan has over 3.9 million subscribers and over 203 million total views across his YouTube videos. His YouTube channel is the second most subscribed channel in Australia, after HowToBasic
So..If you read my blog you will have realize that I'm in love with Tumblr..
There are soo many things to do(tbh) and you can express yourself without anyone know your name or your history..Everything is anonymously IF you choose it.. I was searching for new ways to kill my time,or tobe myself while here in Greece is a way too difficult to expess free your feelings without calling you psychopath and to be tue i found it.. So i supposed to give you some informations about what Tumblr realy mean or what it really is..Soo, Wikipedia is my lover at that point..
Tumblr (stylized in its logo as tumblr.) is a microblogging platform and social networking website founded by David Karp and owned by Yahoo! Inc. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Users can follow other users' blogs, as well as make their blogs private. Much of the website's features are accessed from the "dashboard" interface, where the option to post content and posts of followed blogs appear.
As of October 1, 2015, Tumblr hosts over 256 million blogs. The company's headquarters is in New York City.
Yahoo! announced its intention to acquire Tumblr on May 20, 2013, for approximately $1.1 billion. The deal closed on June 20, 2013.
In general tumblr can be really depressing or really really happy such as WE♥IT..
If you want my tumblr name click here --> My Tumblr
The fifth seasonof the AmericanABCfantasy-dramaOnce Upon a Timewas ordered on May 7, 2015.It began airing on September 27, 2015.On June 9, 2015, the promotion ofRebecca MaderandSean Maguireto series regulars was announced for the fifth season, portraying their characters Zelena /Wicked Witch of the WestandRobin Hood, respectively,while a few days later,Michael Sochawas confirmed to not be returning as a series regular asWill Scarlet/Knave of Hearts.The fifth season will also see the series reach its 100th episode, which is scheduled to air in 2016 as the spring premiere. I can literally say that I'm obsessed.. I like Dark Swan buh..the Hell,Hook should be date her IMMEDIATELY because i can't handle the fact that the broke apart..... Regina is sooo badass (you feel me? she's good but badass) and.. Omg..Tbh I truly think that Mary Margaret or otherwise Snow white will save her daughter and not Henry..
Well..It was months ago when i had visit Corfu a beautiful greek island..
I was wth my friends and we were searching for a place to eat while i was thinking about my past and i felt sooo nostalgic to be honest..
The truth is that nostalgia is a bitch because make us think that we were actually happy or the days that they passed was sooo hashtag blessed..
But..nuh,not at all!! You may were happy but nostalgia treat us so badly...
*i need to shut up*
Anyway,i would like to tell that when i felt so nostalgic i looked up the sky to make a wish and....YAYY it was a wonderful wonderful (red?) moon..
So, quickly i took my camera and started capture the moment..
I had forgot it..I mean i tried because.. (personal reason)...
But tbh i couldnt and i still can't!!
That place were pure magic..
Today a friend of mine told me <<Hey Pam, do you remember our trip on that greek island?>> And i was like m8 i need to upload some photos of that place in my blog..
And..well..after my yoga that was what i've done ♥
Hey guys..♪♫ Lana is ma Queen to be honest..Well,right now im soooo emotional .. Let's get started weirdos ↓↓↓
Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985) known by her stage name Lana Del Rey and former stage name "Lizzy Grant", is an American singer, songwriter and model. Del Rey started songwriting at the age of 18and signed her first recording contract with 5 Points Records in 2007,releasing her first digital album Lana Del Ray in January 2010. Del Rey bought herself out of the contract with 5 Points Records in April 2010. She signed a joint contract with Interscope, Polydor, and Stranger Records in July 2011.
Del Rey released her second studio album Born to Die in January 2012. It debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200, and was the fifth best-selling album of 2012. A remix of its fifth single "Summertime Sadness", produced byCedric Gervais, became her highest-charting track on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 after peaking at number six in the country. Del Rey released her thirdextended playParadise that November; three of its tracks were featured in hershort filmTropico, which was premiered in December. Her third studio albumUltraviolence was released in June 2014 and debuted as number one on theBillboard 200. In December 2014, she announced she would be headlining a tour with Courtney Love in summer 2015. Her fourth studio albumHoneymoon will be released on September 18, 2015. Del Rey is the most streamed female artist on Spotify in the United States.
Lana Del Rey was born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant in New York City on June 21, 1985 to Robert England Grant, Jr., aGrey Group copywriter turned entrepreneur, and Patricia Ann "Pat" (Hill), a former Grey account executive turned high school teacher. She has one younger sister, Caroline Grant (born 1988/1989), and one brother, Charlie (born 1993/1994). Her paternal grandfather, Robert England Grant, Sr. was a Kidder, Peabody & Co. investment banker, a vice president for Plough, Inc and Textron, and venture capitalist. She is of Scottish descent.
Del Rey grew up in rural Lake Placid, New York, and attended a Catholic elementary school and for one year, a high school where her mother taught. She began singing in her church choir when she was a child, where she was thecantor. At age fifteen, she was sent to Kent School by her parents to deal with her alcohol abuse and partying; her uncle, an admissions officer at the school, secured her financial aid to attend. After graduating from high school, Del Rey was accepted to the State University of New York at Geneseo but decided not to attend, and spent a year living on Long Island with her aunt and uncle while working as a waitress. During this time, Del Rey's uncle taught her how to play guitar, and she "realized [that she] could probably write a million songs with those six chords."Shortly after, she began writing songs and performing in nightclubs around the city under various names such as "Sparkle Jump Rope Queen" and "Lizzy Grant and the Phenomena". "I was always singing, but didn't plan on pursuing it seriously," Del Rey said. "When I got to New York City when I was eighteen, I started playing in clubs in Brooklyn—I have good friends and devoted fans on the underground scene, but we were playing for each other at that point—and that was it."
The following fall, she enrolled at Fordham University where she majored in philosophy. Del Rey said she chose to study the subject because it "bridged the gap between God and science... I was interested in God and how technology could bring us closer to finding out where we came from and why." According to Del Rey, she had trouble making friends in boarding school and college, and said, "that was when my musical experience began. I kind of found people for myself." She lived in the Belmont neighborhood of The Bronx and later moved to New Jersey while in college,[39]and volunteered at homeless youth and drug and alcohol outreach programs, as well as helping paint and rebuild houses on an Indian reservation in the western United States. After college, she moved to Brooklyn, where she resided for another four years.
Career
On April 25, 2005, a seven-track compact disc was registered under Elizabeth Woolridge Grant with the United States Copyright Office. The application title was "Rock Me Stable" with another title "Young Like Me" also listed. The track titles are currently unknown. Between 2005 and 2006, the album Sirens was recorded under the name "May Jailer" and leaked in May 2012.
"Kill Kill" combines electronica andblues rock elements, over Marilyn Monroe inspired vocals.[46] One of Del Rey's earlier tracks, it differs from her current style in that it is jazzier and less-melancholic.[47]
At her first performance in 2006 for the Williamsburg Live Songwriting Competition, Del Rey met Van Wilson, an A&R rep for 5 Points Records, an independent label owned by David Nichtern. In 2007, Del Rey signed a record contract for $10,000 with 5 Points Records while still a senior at Fordham University and moved into Manhattan Mobile Home Park, a trailer park in North Bergen, New Jersey, and subsequently began working with producer David Kahne, with whom she released her first three-track EP titled Kill Kill in October 2008.She explained that "David asked to work with me only a day after he got my demo. He is known as a producer with a lot of integrity and who had an interest in making music that wasn't just pop." Her album, however, was shelved, causing her to shift her focus. Instead, she began to work in community service. "Homeless outreach, drug, and alcohol rehabilitation—that's been my life for the past five years," she told Vogue UK in 2012. Her debut full-length album, titled Lana Del Ray, was released in January 2010. Her father, Robert Grant, helped with the marketing of the album, which was available for purchase on iTunes for a brief period before being withdrawn. David Kahne, who produced Grant and previous label owner David Nichtern have both stated that Grant bought the rights back from her label, 5 Points, as she wanted it out of circulation to "...stifle future opportunities to distribute it—an echo of rumors that the action was part of a calculated strategy. Del Rey met her current managers, Ben Mawson and Ed Millett, three months after Lana Del Ray and they helped her to get out of her contract with 5 Points Records, where, in her opinion, "nothing was happening." Shortly after, she moved to London, England and moved in with Mawson "for a few years." About choosing her stage name, she has said: "I wanted a name I could shape the music towards. I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba – Lana Del Rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue." She has said that her lawyers and managers made up the name Lana Del Rey and persuaded her to adopt the stage name. On September 1, 2010, Del Rey was featured by Mando Diao in their MTV Unplugged concert at Union Film-Studios in Berlin.
After uploading a few of her tracks to her YouTube channel, Del Rey was discovered and signed by Stranger Records to release her debut single "Video Games". She told The Observer, "I just put that song online a few months ago because it was my favourite. To be honest, it wasn't going to be the single but people have really responded to it." The song earned her a Q award for "Next Big Thing" in October 2011 and an Ivor Novello for "Best Contemporary Song" in 2012. The same month, she signed a joint deal with Interscope Records and Polydor to work on her second studio album Born to Die. Del Rey built anticipation to the album by doing a number of live appearances, such as promotional concerts at the Bowery Ballroom and at the Chateau Marmont, and with performances at television shows such as De Wereld Draait Door, and Later... with Jools Holland.Del Rey also performed two songs from the album on Saturday Night Live on January 14, 2012 and received a negative response from critics and the general public. Del Rey's performance was defended by the evening program's guest host, actor Daniel Radcliffe, despite not having seen her performance. She had earlier defended her spot on the program, saying: "I'm a good musician [...] I have been singing for a long time, and I think that [SNL creator] Lorne Michaelsknows that [...] it's not a fluke decision." The following week on SNL, Kristen Wiig impersonated Del Rey where she humorously defended herself during Weekend Update. When asked how long she was able to enjoy her success before she started receiving backlash, Del Rey said "I never felt any of the enjoyment. It was all bad, all of it."
Born to Die was officially released on January 31, 2012 worldwide, and reached number one in 11 countries, though critical reaction was divided. The same week, Del Rey said that she bought back the rights to her 2010 debut album, and had plans to re-release it in the summer of 2012 under Interscope Records and Polydor. Contrary to Del Rey's press statement, her previous record label and producer David Kahne have both stated that she bought the rights to the album when she and the label parted company, due to the offer of a new deal, in April 2010. Born to Die sold 3.4 million copies in 2012, making it the fifth-best-selling album of 2012. In the United States, Born to Die charted on theBillboard 200 album chart well into 2012, lingering at number 76, after 36 weeks on the chart.
In an interview with RTVE on June 15, 2012, Del Rey announced she has been working on a new album due in November; in an interview with Tim Blackwell for Nova FM inMelbourne, Australia, Del Rey added that her upcoming November release would not be a new album, but more like an EP. Mid-September saw the official announcement ofParadise's lead single, "Ride". On September 19, 2012, the music video for "Blue Velvet" was released through H&M. One day later, on September 20, "Blue Velvet" became available for purchase as a promotional single. "Ride" became available for purchase on September 25, 2012. The music video for "Ride" was premiered at the Aero Theatrein Santa Monica, California on October 10, 2012. Some critics panned the video as pro-prostitution andantifeminist, the latter being a word attributed to Del Rey's work since "Video Games".
Del Rey's Paradise Edition of Born to Die was set to be released on November 12. With the release of her third EP,Paradise, Del Rey spawned her second top 10 album in the United States, debuting at number 10 on the Billboard 200 with 67,000 copies sold in its first week. At the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards, Del Rey received nominations in the categories Best Alternative, Best Push, and Best New Act. Winning Best Alternative, Del Rey presented the award for Best Female to Taylor Swift.
At the 2013 BRIT Awards, she won the award for International Female Solo Artist, making it her second BRIT Award to date.Del Rey's win surprised critics who highly anticipated Taylor Swift to win the award. In March 2013, Del Rey recited Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself" for the French fashion magazine, L'Officiel Paris.
Del Rey performing at Planeta Terra Festival in 2013Del Rey's seventh single, "Dark Paradise", was released as a single in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland on March 1, 2013.Del Rey won the ECHO Awards for Best International Newcomer and Best International Pop/Rock Artist on March 21, 2013.A music video for Del Rey'scoverofLeonard Cohen's "Chelsea Hotel #2" was released on March 27, 2013.The following month, in April 2013, another self-produced video was released; it showed Del Rey and her boyfriend, Barrie-James O'Neil, covering "Summer Wine", byLee Hazlewood. "Burning Desire" became available for purchase as a stand-alone download on March 19, 2013 as the second promotional single fromParadise; its music video was premiered the previous month on Valentine's Day of 2013.Together with the film's director, co-writer, and co-producerBaz Luhrmann, Del Rey penned the original song "Young and Beautiful" for thesoundtrack of the 2013 film adaptation of The Great Gatsby.Following the song's release, it peaked at 22 on theBillboard Hot 100, making it Del Rey's highest peak on the chart.However, shortly after its release to contemporary hit radio, the label prematurely pulled it and decided to send a different song to that format; on July 2, 2013, a Cedric Gervais remix of Del Rey's "Summertime Sadness" was sent there; a sleeper hit, the song proved to be a success, surpassing "Young and Beautiful", reaching number 6 and becoming her first American top ten hit.The remix won theGrammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classicalin 2013.
Alongside Paradise, Del Rey announced plans to launch a short film titled Tropico. Tropico was filmed in late June 2013 and directed by Anthony Mandler. On November 22, 2013, an official trailer for Tropico was released; at the end of the trailer, it was announced that the film would be uploaded to Del Rey's official VEVO account on December 5, 2013. The short film premiered on December 4 at Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, California. Before showing the film, Del Rey told the audience "I really just wanted us all to be together so I could try and visually close out my chapter before I release the new record, Ultraviolence." Journalists identified the phrase from the Anthony Burgess' dystopian novella A Clockwork Orange (1962), but reports were conflicting as to whether or not the title was stylized as one or two words. On December 6, 2013, an EP, also titled Tropico, was made available for purchase via iTunes; it includes the film itself along with the three aforementioned songs.
Del Rey at Coachellain 2014On January 23, 2014, it was announced that Del Rey would be covering the song "Once Upon a Dream" (from the 1959 filmSleeping Beauty) for the 2014 dark fantasy filmMaleficent. The single was released on January 26.[110]On February 20, Del Rey posted a picture of herself andDan AuerbachonTwitterwith the caption "Me and Dan Auerbach are excited to present you Ultraviolence".Del Rey and Auerbach were rumoured to be working together at Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound recording studio inNashville, Tennesseein January and he was said to be producing her upcoming album.In March,Rufus Wainwrightrevealed in an interview that he was currently working with Del Rey.The first single offUltraviolence, "West Coast", was released on April 14.On May 23, Del Rey performed three songs atKim KardashianandKanye West's pre-wedding celebration at thePalace of Versailles.West had previously played Del Rey's "Young & Beautiful" during his proposal to Kardashian in October 2013."Shades of Cool", the second single, was released on May 26, 2014.The third single and title track, "Ultraviolence", was released on June 4.June 8 saw the release of the fourth single, "Brooklyn Baby".Ultraviolencewas released on June 13, 2014, and debuted at number one in twelve countries, including the United States and United Kingdom. The album sold 880,000 copies in its first week, worldwide.Del Rey described her third studio album as being "more stripped down but still cinematic and dark."ARolling Stonearticle revealed that Del Rey would be a guest onBrian Wilson's forthcoming studio albumNo Pier Pressure.Two new songs by Del Rey, "Big Eyes" and "I Can Fly", featured inTim Burton's 2014biographicalfilmBig Eyes, which focused on the American artistMargaret Keane. "Big Eyes" was co-written by Daniel Heath, while "I Can Fly" was co-written byRick Nowels.On December 1, Del Rey announced she would be headlining a tour in Summer 2015. Eight of the shows will featuredCourtney Love.In a December 2014 interview with Galore Magazine, Del Rey revealed she began working on a new album.
In December 2014, Del Rey stated to Grazia Magazine about how she wanted to introduce orchestrations with monumental choruses with a touch of subdued grunge for the album. "I played Mark Ronson ten songs that I have composed for this next album. It explores a sound close to the golden age of jazz." Earlier that month Del Rey also mentioned to Galore Magazine that she is already at the recording stage for the album. "I'm also always writing small pieces for independent films etc. Dan Heath and Rick Nowels are two of my dearest friends and producers and we are always up to something." In January 2015, Del Rey stated in an interview with the LA Times that a song on her new record would be titled "Music to Watch Boys To". The same month, a song she recorded for Emile Haynie's album titled Wait for Life was released. In June 2014, she said "I have this idea for this record called Music To Watch Boys To, so I'm just kind of thinking about that and what that would mean." Del Rey later confirmed in an interview with Billboard that her new record would be entitled Honeymoon. On January 15, 2015, Del Rey received a BRIT Award nomination for International Female Solo Artist, her second nomination in the category and third overall. On July 14, 2015, Del Rey released "Honeymoon", the first and title track from the album. She revealed that the album would contain fourteen tracks, describing the songs with "a muddy trap energy and some inspired by late-night Miles Davis drives". On August 4, 2015, Del Rey revealed the first single "High By The Beach", which was released on August 10, 2015. On August 4, 2015, The Weeknd also revealed the track listing for his upcoming second studio album Beauty Behind the Madness which features a collaboration with Del Rey entitled "Prisoner". Honeymoon will be released on September 18, 2015. On August 21, 2015, Del Rey released "Terrence Loves You" as a promotional single, available instantly with the pre-order of the album.]The title track was later released as a promotional single on September 7, 2015.
Artistry
Musical style
Lana Del Rey performing "Body Electric" at Irving Plazain 2012She has been described as a "self-styled gangstaNancy Sinatra" and "Lolitalost in thehood"[144]and her music has been noted for its cinematic sound and its references to various aspects of pop culture, particularly that of 1950s and '60sAmericana.[145][146][147][148][149][150][151]Rolling Stonenoted that Del Rey enjoys playing the role oflounge singer.[152]Del Rey has also been called "atorch singerof theinternet era"[153]and "the anti-Gaga."[153]Born Lizzy Grant, Del Rey has attributed her work to various stage names including Lana Rey Del Mar,[154]Sparkle Jump Rope Queen,[155]and May Jailer.[156]Settling on Lana Del Rey, the singer claims she selected the name because it was beautiful. First mention of the name Lana Del Rey came from herSpanish-speakingCubanfriends. Following in the shadow of artists likePrinceandDavid Bowie, Del Rey chose her musical identity because it "reminded [her] of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue."Del Rey has stylized her musical sound as "Hollywood sadcore".Timesaid the solid core of her sound was "movie music",with afairy dustingofharpand an ominoustimpani, laid out over-top ahip hopvocal cadence.Her vocal style has been likened torap. OfBorn to Die, indie music journalDrowned in Soundwrote, "She likes that whole hip hop thing though, has this whole swagger thing going that not many girls like her got," adding that it sounded like a poppierBondsoundtrack]In "National Anthem", "Off to the Races,"and "Diet Mountain Dew", Del Rey employs thisalternative rapping technique.Under the stage name Lizzy Grant, she called her music "Hawaiianglam metal",while the work of her May Jailer project wasacoustic.Attributed to many genres, Del Rey's sound has been primarily linked to various forms ofrock,indieandbaroque popand experiments withhip hopandtrip hopgenres.
Lyrically, "Born to Die" was described as sad. Del Rey elaborates: "I'm not sad, I'm happy. I feel like I'm happy because I'm at peace with the way that things are... I did have a darker filter on sometimes, but that slowly lifted through doing a lot of different things. And finding true love is something that really did inspire me, lyrically. Because I felt so much the same for so much of my life and then when you find someone exciting, you don't know that you could actually feel differently than you did before. I was inspired."
"Million Dollar Man", from the albumBorn to Die, demonstrates Del Rey's contralto range that transitions to high timbres with great ease.
Del Rey possesses an expansivecontraltovocal range, which spans three-plus octaves and has been described as captivating and highlyemotive, being able to transcend from sounding high and girlish in hertimbre, down to a low andjazzysound with great ease, although both these areas of the voice can be conflicting in the contrast of their sound, initially polarizing opinion.Following the release ofUltraviolence, which was recorded live in single takes and lacking Pro Tools vocal editing, critics fell into favor with Del Rey's vocal ability, praising her large range, increased vocal confidence, and uniquely emotive delivery.When recording in the studio Del Rey is known for vocal multi-layering, which, as it has been noted, is difficult for her to replicate within a live setting, especially with the lack of backing singers to fill out the original vocal style.Stage fright has also been noted as a major contribution to Del Rey's struggles with live performanceHowever, journalists noted in 2014 that her live performances had increased exponentially in confidence. Billboard Magazine deemed the Coachella debut of West Coast to be a "star-making performance" and lauded the singer's vocal abilities.Contemporary music criticshave called her voice "smoky","gravelly",and reminiscent ofMarilyn Monroe.
Del Rey stated the use of her lower vocals on the tracks from Born to Die, claiming that "people weren't taking me very seriously, so I lowered my voice, believing that it would help me stand out. Now I sing quite low... well, for a female anyway. "I sing low now, but my voice used to be a lot higher. Because of the way I look, I needed something to ground the entire project. Otherwise I think people would assume I was some airhead singer. Well, I don't think... I know. I've sung one way, and sung another, and I've seen what people are drawn to", she said on the topic.
On January 4, 2012, it was reported she had signed a deal with NEXT Model Management agency. H&M confirmed that Del Rey would be modeling and recording a cover version of the popular 1950s prom anthem "Blue Velvet" for their 2012 Autumn Campaign. H&M's 2012 Winter campaign, featuring Lana Del Rey, was released on October 12. This is the second H&M campaign Lana Del Rey is featured in. On August 22, 2012, executives announced that Del Rey would endorse their new JaguarF-Type which was unveiled by Del Rey at the Paris Motor Show in September 2012. Adrian Hallmark, Jaguar's global brand director, explained their choice, saying Del Rey had "a unique blend of authenticity and modernity."
The song "Burning Desire", which was initially available for immediate digital download upon pre-ordering Del Rey's third EP, Paradise, was later made available for purchase on Amazon.com and 7digital as a stand-alone download on March 19, 2013, one month after its music video hit YouTube. The song serves as the title track to a 13 minute promotional short film for the Jaguar F-Type, called Desire. The film, directed by Adam Smith, was produced by Ridley Scott and stars Damian Lewis.
In 2010, Del Rey also acted in a short film called Poolside, which she made with several friends on a reported budget of $400.
Personal life
Del Rey stated that she suffered from alcoholism at a young age, but has been sober since 2004. In September 2012, she told GQ:
I was a big drinker at the time. I would drink every day. I would drink alone. I thought the whole concept was so fucking cool. A great deal of what I wrote on Born To Die is about these wilderness years. When I write about the thing that I've lost I feel like I'm writing about alcohol because that was the first love of my life. My parents were worried, I was worried. I knew it was a problem when I liked it more than I liked doing anything else. I was like, 'I'm fucked. I am totally fucked'. Like, at first it's fine and you think you have a dark side – it's exciting – and then you realise the dark side wins every time if you decide to indulge in it. It's also a completely different way of living when you know that...a different species of person. It was the worst thing that ever happened to me.
She was in a relationship with Kassidy ex-member Barrie-James O'Neill from August 2011 until June 2014.Previously, Del Rey was in a relationship with alternative rock and antifolk musician, Steven Mertens, who produced her debut album, Lana Del Ray, before it was re-recorded by David Kahne. She was also in a seven-year-long on-again, off-again relationship with the head of a record label, who was a great inspiration to her and whom she calls the love of her life. She met him in her early twenties when she was trying to have her debut album released by a major label, and they are still close. Del Rey resided near Hancock Park in Koreatown, Los Angeles, with her siblings, Caroline and Charlie, but relocated to a secluded home in Malibu, California in 2015 after dealing with trespassers at her former house. Del Rey is Roman Catholic.
Having been labeled as antifeminist multiple times in the past, Del Rey dismissed feminism in June 2014, tellingThe Fader: "For me, the issue of feminism is just not an interesting concept. I'm more interested in, you know, SpaceX andTesla, what's going to happen with our intergalactic possibilities. Whenever people bring up feminism, I'm like, god. I'm just not really that interested."She also defended herself against the accusations of antifeminism, saying "For me, a true feminist is someone who is a woman who does exactly what she wants. If my choice is to, I don't know, be with a lot of men, or if I enjoy a really physical relationship, I don't think that's necessarily being anti-feminist. For me the argument of feminism never really should have come into the picture. Because I don't know too much about the history of feminism, and so I'm not really a relevant person to bring into the conversation. Everything I was writing was so autobiographical, it could really only be a personal analysis."
Del Rey's left hand is tattooed with the letter "M", referencing her grandmother, Madeleine, and the word "paradise".Her right hand is tattooed with the phrase "trust no one".She also has the phrase "die young" tattooed on her right ring finger.Another tattoo on her right arm says, "WhitmanNabokov". By June 2014 she had "Nina and Billie" tattooed across her chest.
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